0001104659-15-050760.txt : 20150813 0001104659-15-050760.hdr.sgml : 20150813 20150713091104 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-050760 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150713 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HELMERICH & PAYNE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000046765 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381] IRS NUMBER: 730679879 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1437 S. BOULDER AVE., SUITE 1400 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74119 BUSINESS PHONE: 9187425531 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1437 S. BOULDER AVE., SUITE 1400 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74119 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HELMERICH & PAYNE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001305993 IRS NUMBER: 730765153 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1437 S. BOULDER AVE. SUITE 1400 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74119 BUSINESS PHONE: 918-742-5531 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1437 S. BOULDER AVE. SUITE 1400 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74119 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.

1437 South Boulder Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119

(918) 742-5531

 

July 13, 2015

 

VIA EDGAR

 

H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:                             Acceleration Request

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

(File No. 333-205219)                          

 

Dear Mr. Schwall:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., a Delaware Corporation and Helmerich & Payne, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as parent guarantor (together, the “Registrants”), hereby request that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-205219) the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that it will become effective no later than 9:00 a.m., Washington, D.C. time, on July 16, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The Registrants confirm that:

 

(i)                                     should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;

 

(ii)                                  the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

 


 

(iii)          the Registrants may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Katherine Ashley of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP at (202) 371-7706.

 

Please contact the undersigned at (918) 588-5217 or Katherine Ashley of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP at (202) 371-7706 if there are any questions regarding this matter.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan M. Cinocca

 

 

Name:

Jonathan M. Cinocca

 

 

Title:

Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan M. Cinocca

 

 

Name:

Jonathan M. Cinocca

 

 

Title:

Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Acceleration Request Letter (Form S-4)]